It's officially a money pit.

[Jaxx_]

welcome to owning a car...

[catoichi]

I just bought mine 4 months ago. so far the transmission went and the transfer case and i needed new rear driveshafts ( don't ask). bought it for 1400, trannie 2k, new radio 200 and tons of assorted niggly little things. this summer i plan on new sport seats , new paint job. and maybe a spare set of winter tires.

[e30e]

I have atleast that and it leaks transmission fluid, doesn't get driven, and acts as a storage unit.

[warmseth]

I had about $7k into my car which was worth about $4500-5500 last week when my timing belt shredded and took the head with it. Now between that, a new m3 steering rack and some other maintenance I have a little over $9k into the car and it's still only. $4-5k value. No I don't intend in selling but I am a but squeemish thinking of the unrecoverable $$$ expense.

What's the most you've heard of somebody sinking into a non M3 E30? How much do you have tied up in yours? How far underwater are you? I'm about $4k unrecoverable. :)